Not Something You See Every Day

I've always loved the icthyosaur weather vane that graces the beautiful copper cupola on the roof of the Sedgewick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridge. So when I was calling into my old place of work in a nearby building to visit friends for a lovely lunch and a catch-up, I couldn't resist taking a picture. It was only later that I noticed that he's recently taken to sporting a Santa hat on his tail!
The fire-escape on the left is attached to the outside of a building in the foreground, but from this angle it looks like a stairway to heaven. Or at least to a closer view of the icthyosaur. The imposing Victorian buildings on this site house all manner of Science departments - I'll have to go back and take more pictures because they are full of architectural wonders!

And I did enjoy the chance to pair the words copper and copula in a single sentence. I considered throwing verdigris in too, but thought it might be over-doing things, but there, I've done it now...

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Great picture and goodness knows how that hat got there.
I know that copper is meant to have the verdigris (thanks for the spelling there ) on it, but I just feel the need to clean it and make it shine! There is an awesome statue of Queen Victoria in Brisbane and every time I saw it my fingers just itched.

Hey Helen!! I got your comment on my "Summer Evening" picture...dont worry that you dont have all the time in the world to comment...I'm just glad you have the time to upload :) You have some awesome photos that I see I've been missing...I just wish I could go through EVERY person's photos that I follow...they are alld eserving of it and I just feel like I am missing out if I dont...but I just dont have the time....I am going to go through some of yours though..I see some that you have just recently added that REALLY spark my interest. You have a great eye Helen!